STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Walter Connolly

Directors Frank Capra

Screenwriters Samuel Hopkins Adams Robert Riskin

Running Time 105 minutes

It Happened One Night (U)

Plot
Journalist Peter Warne recognises runaway heiress Ellie Andrews en route from Miami to New York and agrees to help her make her assignation with gold-digging playboy King Westley in return for the exclusive rights to her story.

Verdict
An old school classic, and Gable's shirtless antics would send vests out of fashion until Die Hard came along. A must see.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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